'We both need to work': Maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-50

  Lyonette, Clare ^a   Kaufman, Gayle ^b   Crompton, Rosemary ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childcare; fathers; health insurance; maternal employment; part time

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953668084     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010389243     Document Type: Article

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